Opportunity ID: 42134
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | CNCS-GRANT-062608-001 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Youth-serving Organization Capacity Building |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Grant |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Community Development Education Employment, Labor and Training Regional Development |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 2 |
| Assistance Listings: | 94.007 — Planning and Program Development Grants |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | Yes |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Jun 26, 2008 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 29, 2008 Please submit an e-mail stating your intent to apply to Youth@cns.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time July 8, 2008. This notice of intent to apply is not required, but helps us better plan the review of the applications.
The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 29, 2008. Applications submitted by hardcopy or fax will not be accepted (see exception to this policy below). |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 29, 2008 Please submit an e-mail stating your intent to apply to Youth@cns.gov by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time July 8, 2008. This notice of intent to apply is not required, but helps us better plan the review of the applications.
The deadline for applications is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on July 29, 2008. Applications submitted by hardcopy or fax will not be accepted (see exception to this policy below). |
| Archive Date: | Jul 30, 2008 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $3,500,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,500,000 |
| Award Floor: | – |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education Nonprofits that do not have a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Eligible applicants are national nonprofit organizations (e.g. national intermediaries, associations, alliances, consortia, and networks) and national public charities, faith-based and other community organizations, and national private foundations. For the purposes of this competition, the Corporation defines a national nonprofit organization as an organization that has on-going, demonstrable relationships with youth serving organizations or public school systems in at least two states in each of the five clusters of the country used by the Corporation to organize its field operations. The clusters are: 1) Pacific (AK, CA, HI, ID, MT, NV, OR, UT, WA, WY); 2) Atlantic (NJ, MD, DE, CT, DC, RI, MA, PA, PR/VI, NY, NH, VT, ME); 3) North Central (IL, IN, IA, MI, MN, NB, OH, SD, ND, WI); 4) Southern (AL, FL, GA, KY, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); and, 5) Southwest (AZ, AR, CO, KS, LA, MO, NM, OK, TX). |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Corporation for National and Community Service |
| Description: | The Corporation for National and Community Service (the Corporation) announces the availability of approximately $3,500,000 for the first year of a three-year grant award to national nonprofit organizations that support youth development through planning, collaboration, and alliance building for youth-serving organizations at the local and regional level, as well as direct programming to help children and youth succeed in school. Activities supported through this competition will advance the Corporations strategic goals around supporting youth from disadvantaged circumstances in achieving better outcomes.
The Corporation plans to make two awards under this Notice of Funds Availability (Notice). The first award will go to a nonprofit organization that can best advance a national agenda for helping Americas children and youth through mobilization of volunteers and identification of resources to support other youth serving organizations, as outlined in Part 1 of section I.A. of this Notice. The second award will be made to a national nonprofit that can implement a high-quality, innovative, direct service program that brings volunteers and other community resources into local schools on a national scale, as outlined in Part 2 section I.A. of this Notice. The Corporation reserves the right to make more than two awards under this Notice depending on the number and quality of applications received. |
| Link to Additional Information: | Full notice of funding availability |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Phone 202-606-7507
TTY number is 202–606-3472 Email:Youth@cns.gov |
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